The Phipps family of the

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is a prominent American family that descends from Henry Phipps Jr. (1839–1930), a businessman and philanthropist. His father was an

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who immigrated in the early part of the 19th century to

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, before settling in

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. Phipps grew up with

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as a friend and neighbor. As an adult, he was Carnegie's business partner in the

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and became a very wealthy man. He was the company's second-largest shareholder and also invested in

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. After selling his stock in Carnegie Steel, Phipps became a leading advocate of housing for the poor and a major philanthropist. He embraced the principle that those who have achieved great wealth should give back for the public good and create institutions dedicated to that purpose. Phipps and his wife Anne had five children: Amy, John S., Helen, Henry Carnegie, and Howard.

Business activities

In 1907, Phipps established the Bessemer Trust Company to manage his substantial assets that would be shared by his offspring following his death. Phipps was also one of the pioneer investors in

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real estate. At one time, he and his family owned one-third of the town of Palm Beach, 28 miles of oceanfront between Palm Beach and

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, prime bayfront property in downtown

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, and 75 square miles of land in Martin County. The Phipps family donated to the town of Palm Beach one of the most significant gifts in county history: an ocean-to-lake frontage property that is now known as Phipps Park. Another contribution was the

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in Pittsburgh. The Phipps family owned country estates in

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, on the

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, the stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Phipps built a mansion on 115 acres in

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(also on the Gold Coast), which he used from its completion in 1919 until his death in 1930. During

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, John Phipps and his wife Margarita arranged for the home to be used to house British evacuees. In 1949, the family donated the property to the

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. The mansion was converted into the administration building for the district, and

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and South Middle School were built on the site.

Legacy

By 1974, Bessemer Trust Company developed an expertise in

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that allowed it to take on other clients through the creation of a national

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headquartered in

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. Phipps' grandchildren, from his son John S. Phipps, donated to the public the Westbury House estate that is now known as

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Gladys Mills Phipps Gladys Mills Phipps (June 19, 1883 - October 19, 1970) was a United States socialite, sportsperson, and a thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse owner and horse breeding, breeder who began the Phipps family dynasty in American horse racing. She was ...

, granddaughter of

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and wife of Henry Carnegie Phipps, was prominent among

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and owners in American

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horse racing, as were her son, daughters and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She founded Wheatley Stable with her brother, Odgen Livingston Mills. Recently, first cousins Odgen Mills (Dinny) Phipps and Stewart Janney III's horse Orb won the 2013 Kentucky Derby.

Lineage

Family members include: * Henry Phipps Jr. (1839-1930), owner of Bonnie Blink, Lake Success * Lawrence C. Phipps (1862-1958), nephew of Henry W., United States Senator from Colorado. * Amy Phipps Guest (1872-1959), daughter of Henry W. Phipps Jr., owner of Templeton, Old Westbury and Villa Artemis, Palm Beach, sponsor of Amelia Earhart * John Shaffer Phipps (1874-1958), oldest son of Henry W. Phipps Jr., owner of Westbury House, Old Westbury and Casa Bendita, Palm Beach * Helen Phipps Martin (1876-1934), daughter of Henry W. Phipps Jr., owner of Knole, Old Westbury * Henry Carnegie Phipps (1879-1953), son of Henry W. Phipps Jr., owner of Spring Hill, Old Westbury and Heamaw, Palm Beach * Howard Phipps (1881-1981), son of Henry W. Phipps Jr., owner of Erchless, Old Westbury *

(1883-1970), wife of Henry Carnegie Phipps * Lillian Bostwick Phipps (1906-1987), wife of Odgen Phipps *

Ogden Phipps Ogden Phipps (November 26, 1908 – April 21, 2002) was an American stockbroker, court tennis champion and Hall of Fame member, thoroughbred horse racing executive and owner/breeder, and an art collector and philanthropist. In 2001, he was induc ...

(1908-2002), son of Henry Carnegie Phipps *

Cynthia Phipps Cynthia is a feminine given name of Greek origin: , , "from Mount Cynthus" on Delos island. The name has been in use in the Anglosphere since the 1600s. There are various spellings for this name, and it can be abbreviated to Cindy, Cyndi, Cyndy, ...

(1945- 2007), daughter of Henry Carnegie Phipps * Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps (1940-2016), great-grandson of Henry W. Phipps Jr. * Raymond R. Guest (1907-1991), son of Amy Phipps Guest * Winston Frederick Churchill Guest (1906-1982), son of Amy Phipps Guest * Diana Guest Manning (1909-1994), daughter of Amy Phipps Guest * Barbara Phipps Janney (1911-1987), daughter of Henry Carnegie Phipps * Stuart Symington Janney III (born 1948), great-grandson of Henry W. Phipps Jr., grandson of Henry Carnegie Phipps *

Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff Andrew P. Sidamon-Eristoff (born February 20, 1963) is an American Republican Party lawyer, politician and government official from New York City who served as New Jersey State Treasurer under Governor Chris Christie from January 2010 until his re ...

(born 1963), great-grandson of Henry W. Phipps Jr., grandson of Howard Phipps * Randolph Hobson Guthrie III (born 1967) * William Cattell Trimble III (born 1962), great-great grandson of Henry Phipps., grandson of Barbara Phipps Janney

Family tree

*Henry Phipps Sr. ∞ Hannah Frank **John Phipps ** Henry Phipps Jr. (1839–1930) ∞ Anne Childs Shaffer (1850–1934) in 1872 *** Amy Phipps (1872–1959) ∞

Frederick Edward Guest Frederick Edward "Freddie" Guest, (14 June 1875 – 28 April 1937) was a British politician best known for being Chief Whip of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's Coalition Liberal Party, 1917–1921. He was also Secretary of State for Air be ...

(1875–1937) (grandson of

John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (2 June 18224 July 1883), styled Earl of Sunderland from 1822 to 1840 and Marquess of Blandford from 1840 to 1857, was a British Conservative cabinet minister, politician, peer, and noblem ...

, and first cousin of

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...

) in 1905 **** Winston Frederick Churchill Guest (1906–1982) ∞ (1) Helena Woolworth McCann (granddaughter of F. W. Woolworth) in 1934, div. 1944; ∞ (2) Lucy Douglas Cochran (1920–2003) in 1947 *****Winston Alexander Guest (b. 1936) ∞ Helen Mane Elizabeth Shields in 1967 ******Winston Frederick Churchill Guest (b. 1968) ******Helena Woolworth Guest (b. 1970) ******Spencer Randolph Harrison Guest (b. 1984) *****Frederick E. Guest II (b. 1938) ∞ (1) Stephanie Wanger in 1963 (2) Carole Baldoff in 1988 ******Victoria Woolworth Guest (b. 1966) ******Vanessa Wanger Guest (b. 1973) ******Frederick Edward Guest III (b. 1975) ******Andrew Churchill Guest (b. 1976) *****Alexander Michael Dudley Churchill Guest (b. 1954) ∞ Elizabeth Geacintov in 1986 ******Gregory Winston Churchill Guest (b. 1990) ***** Cornelia Cochrane Churchill Guest (b. 1963) **** Raymond Richard Guest (1907–1991) ∞ (1) Elizabeth ("Lily") Polk (daughter of

Frank Polk Frank Lyon Polk (September 13, 1871 – February 7, 1943) was an American lawyer and diplomat, who was also a name partner of the law firm today known as Davis Polk & Wardwell. Early life Polk was born in New York City. He was the son of W ...

) ∞ (2) Ellen Tuck French Astor in 1953 ∞ (3) Princess Caroline Cecile Alexandrine Jeanne Murat (1923–2012) (granddaughter of Joachim Napoléon Murat, 5th Prince Murat) *****Elizabeth Guest *****Raymond Richard Guest Jr. (1939–2001) *****Virginia Guest *****Achille Murat Guest ∞ Judith Wall *****Laetitia Amelia Guest ****Diana Guest (1909–1994) ∞ (1) Marc Sevastopoulo in 1934, div.; ∞ (2) Count Jean de Gaillard de la Valdène (1895–1977) in 1943, div.; (3) Allen Manning in 1970 *****Diane Lorraine Sevastopoulo (b. 1935) ∞ (1) Pierre Firmin-Didot in 1955 ∞ (2) Arthur Peter Perkins in 1967 ******Isabelle Marie Firmin-Didot (b. 1962) ******Christine Aimée Firmin-Didot (b. 1963) ∞ Antonio Bulridge in 1987 *****Guy Winston de Gaillard de la Valdène (b. 1944) ∞ Thérèse Anderson in 1965 ******Valery Elaine de la Valdène (1966–2014) ******Jean Pierre de la Valdène (b. 1967) *****Lorraine Aimee de Gaillard de la Valdène (b. 1946) ∞ Christian Odasso in 1978 ******Fréderic Christian Odasso (b. 1978) ******Diana Melody Christina Odasso (b. 1979) *** John Shaffer Phipps (1874–1958) ∞ Margarita Celia Grace (daughter of Michael P. Grace) in 1903 **** John H. H. Phipps (1904–1982) ∞ Elinor Klapp Phipps *****Colin Phipps *****Eugene Phipps ****

Hubert Beaumont Phipps Hubert Beaumont Phipps (November 12, 1905 – August 15, 1969) was a Virginia publisher and editor as well as a breeder of thoroughbred horses and purebred cattle. He was a member of the prominent Phipps family who made a fortune in steel as ...

(1905–1969) ∞ (1) Carla Gordon (d. 1950), her death; ∞ (2) Lady Pheobe Pleydell-Bouverie (1932–1995) (daughter of

William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor William Pleydell-Bouverie, 7th Earl of Radnor, (18 December 1895 – 23 November 1968) was a British peer. Radnor was the son of Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor and Julian Eleanor Adelaide Balfour. His education was Harrow School ...

) in 1950, div. 1963 *****Melissa Adeane Phipps (b. 1955) *****Hubert Grace Phipps (b. 1957) **** Margaret Phipps Boegner (1906–2006) ∞ (1) J. Gordon Douglas Jr. in 1930, div. 1947; ∞ (2) Etienne Boegner (d. 1985) in 1951 (son of Marc Boegner) *****J. Gordon Douglas III *****Dita Amory Douglas ∞ Alick David Yorke Naylor-Leyland (1929–1991) (son of Albert Edward Herbert Naylor-Leyland, 2nd Baronet) ******Nicholas Edward Naylor-Leyland ****

Michael Grace Phipps Michael Grace Phipps (January 10, 1910 – March 13, 1973) was an American businessman, champion polo player, owner/breeder of racehorses, and a philanthropist. Biography Michael Phipps was the son of John Shaffer Phipps and Margarita Celia ...

(1910–1973) ∞ Muriel Fillans "Molly" Lane *****Susan Grace Phipps Cochran Santangelo Eigelberger *****Elaine Lane "Nonie" Phipps Schippers (1939–1973) ***Helen Margaret Phipps (1876–1934) ∞

Bradley Martin Bradley Martin (December 18, 1841 – February 5, 1913) was an American socialite known for giving the Bradley-Martin costume ball at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City on the night of February 10, 1897. Early life Martin was born on December 1 ...

(brother-in-law of

William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven William George Robert Craven, 4th Earl of Craven OBE (16 December 1868 – 10 July 1921), styled Viscount Uffington from 1868 to 1883, was a British peer and Liberal politician. Early life Craven was the eldest son of the George Craven, 3r ...

) in 1904 *** Henry Carnegie Phipps (1879–1953) ∞ Gladys Livingston Mills (1883–1970) (twin sister of Beatrice Forbes, Countess of Granard) in 1907 ****

(1908–2002) ∞ (1) Ruth Bruyn in 1930, div. 1935; ∞ (2) Lillian Stokes Bostwick McKim (1906–1987) in 1937 *****Henry Ogden Phipps (1931–1962) *****Robert Lansing (b. 1933) *****

Ogden Mills Phipps Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps (September 18, 1940 – April 6, 2016) was an American financier, Thoroughbred racehorse industry executive, and horse breeder. Widely known by the nickname "Dinny," he was chairman of the family's Bessemer Trust until ...

(1940–2016) *****Cynthia Phipps (1945–2007) ****Audrey Phipps ****Sonia Phipps ****Barbara Phipps (1911–1987) ∞ Stuart Symington Janney Jr. (1907–1988) *****Stuart Symington Janney III ∞ Lynn ******Matthew Janney ******Emily Janney ***Howard Phipps (1881–1981) ∞ Harriet Dyer Price (granddaughter of Alexander B. Dyer) in 1931 **** Howard Phipps Jr. **** Anne Phipps

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